This was my ... fifth visit to this mountain, with the excuse of putting in a new summit book (I left the old one there, I don't know who has to pick it up). Route Description Getting to the saddle. The first part of the hike is over fields, and then next to a stream with waterfalls (T1). When you exit that area, you walk...

I tried to go to the famous Naseloecher. It seems like an interesting T4 tour, with a couple of key points being protected with wires. In fact, the first time I was at Alpstein, I tried this route, but it was far too muddy to proceed. This time the conditions were very good. The sun was already high at 8:20, and it all looked dry...

The snow reports were uncertain, so I took full snow snowshoe gear to get up to Stockberg, starting from Stein. Initially it was mostly mud and fields, but soon I hit some snow. The snow was not quite deep enough to use the snowshoes, at least initially, but still managed to be annoying for boots. Visibility was nearly zero when I...

After quite a bit of on-piste and by-piste practice, and some easy ski tours, I thought of trying out stockberg. At the time I was confident in moderate slopes in the piste or in fresh snow. However, when I arrived at Stein, Stockberg seemed to be nearly bare, so I turned to the north-facing Haederenberg. After 10 minutes on...

Though to do a quick hike to somewhat challenging terrain with an easy climbing effort. I remember Goggeien mentioned on hikr as interesting, so set off for there, without much preparation. The SAC guide says it's a light scramble to the top. I made it to the saddle after about one hour from Stein. Then I took it easy. The...

After not quite making it to Vorder Goggeien, and after feeling too tired to join SAC on a longer hike, I wanted to try Zuestoll on my own. I was too early for the lift, so I jogged up to Sellammat. The path was initially overgrown with grass, and later went through a shady forest briefly. This gained me about 45 minutes, but...

After my first failed attempt at Vorder Goggeien, I thought I'd try again. This time I had carefully read the path descriptions, and I already Zustoll (T4-) and Piz Terri (T4+) under my belt.The conditions were, if anything, worse than last time, but I felt at ease overal. The start is at Stein (SG). After a brief asphalt road,...

Started off a bit late yesterday morning. When I arrived at Stein it started raining heavily. I went up on the west side, partly on roads, and then finally reached snow at 1000m or so. The ascent was mostly OK, though the snowdrifts were really deep in places, and I had trouble moving quickly. My kick-turns are also not up to...

There was snow up high, and I always wanted to try Selun. There was not a lot of snow in the valley, so instead of carrying the skis all the way to the snowline, I decided to unpack my old snowshoes. I wanted to try it first on snowshoes as well, before committing myself to a ski attempt, perhaps next year. Now, that was not a...

An easy jog to Hoher Kasten through the clouds, then breaking into the sun. It took me a bit more than an hour to do the 900m climb, the conditions were good. I was mostly jogging, though I switched to walking when it was too steep. The view from Hoher Kasten is pretty nice: it's the first time I was there even though I passed...

I went up Mottel Goggeien... at least the climbing block (II?). Immediately aftewards, an exposed narrow passage followed. I had exhausted my willpower reserves at that point and turned back, but I think there was a possible easier route. I will be back.

SAC Toggenburg was arranging a similar 2-day tour on the 23rd, but I could not join, so I though to do this in one day, since the weather was good. I decided to cross the whole mountain plain of Flumseberg. To me it seemed doable: about 1500m of climb and 20km of distance, so somewhat less than marathon in total effort. I took...